in 30t could have held50 rounds. investigors say it targeting anyone in particular. in fact, his sister was among those killed. her boyfriend was wounded. >> in el paso, two more people died today bringing the total dead there to 22. eight of the dead are mexican citizens. mexico's foreign secretary says his government considers the shooting an act of terrorism. >> today the autopsy results were released from the shooting at the gilroy garlic festival. two victims were shot in the chest. 6-year-old stephen romero was shot in the back. the gunman died from a gunshot to the head as we reported on friday. he took his own life. >> abc7 news reporter chris reyes is live in gilroy where counselors have been helping hundreds since the festival shooting. kris. >> reporter: they have. good afternoon, ama, good afternoon, larry. i am standing in the victims

assistance center in gilroy. a counselor told me this is what she's been telling parents. bevi diffent fm theirssleany kno my parents are struggling with the same questions, they can't get to gilroy. for those watching, this is her advice. >> i theue sa t avoid as parent retrauma advertising our children. i think to avoid terminology like mass shooter, active shooter. >> reporter: that's the advice grief counselor mary has been giving out nonstop since the garlic festival shooting. with two back to back shootings in the first day of school around the corner, her advice is more important than ever. >> the parents is the best place to go. they know their child best, they're expert on their own child and that's where they should be getting their healing information and majority of their information. >> reporter: what do you mean by healing information? >> talking to the child

appropriately in a way that's therapeutic and loving and compassionate. >> reporter: healing trauma is the number one concern for the victim assistance center that continues runnngekied, they opened fire at the city's beloved festival. staff must prepare for intense emotions. >> victims are going to be reunited with their property and then they'll go into a private room with the victim specialist. the victim specialist will be able to support that person if they feel like they're starting to re-live some of that emotional trauma. >> reporter: in downtown gilroy healing has begun, but the process made even slower by the back to back shootings over the weekend. >> two kinds of towns, those who have been shot at and those that aren't yet. it's that fear we deal with. >> reporter: this is really important information for gilroy residents. i'm at wheeler's community center next to gilroy public library. this is the new location for the victims assistance center. this is where people who left

belongings at the festival grounds can pick them up as well as their vehicles. they will be open starting 0 wel tt ior abc7news.com. i'm kris reyes in gilroy, abc7 news. >> president trung morning. >> he called on the country and politicians on both sides of the aisle to find ways to stop the blood shed. >> the first lady and i join all americans in praying and grieving for the victims, their families and the survivors. we will stand by their side forever. we will never forget. in one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy. these sinister ideologies must be defeated. hate has no place in america. hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart, and devours the soul.

we have asked the fbi to identify all further resources they need to investigate and disrupt hate crimes and domestic terrorism. whatever they need. we must shine light on the dark recesses of the internet and stop mass murders before they start. i am open and ready to listen and discuss all ideas that will actually work and make a very big difference. our future is in our control. america will rise to the challenge. we will always have and we always will win. the choice is ours, and ours alone. it is not up to mentally ill monsters. it is up o us. >> the far-right online message board known as 8chan is being linked to the suspected gunman in the el paso shooting. officials say he posted his

manifesto minutes before killing 22 people at a walmart, and now cloud flare, a website security company based in san francisco, is refusing to provide security for 8chan. it cut off 8chan's access to network at midnight calling it a ses pool of hate. cloud flare has been criticized for providing technical support to online hate groups and terrorists the. violence can take an impact on anyone even if you are not involved. lok for the take action thumbnail to get linked to professionals and groups that can help you. >> in the south bay, the san jose fire department is investigating a house fire that killed an elderly woman. >> it happened earlier this morning in the city's cambria neighborhood. that's where we find abc7 news reporter chris nguyen with the latest. chris. >> reporter: larry and ama, there is a sense of sadness in this community as it tries to grieve the loss of a grandmother

who they say was one of the original owners in this neighborhood. for neighbors on green more drive in san jose, a tragedy hitting too close to home. >> the house was up in black smoke coming out everywhere with red flames. i've never seen anything like this before. it was like a movie. >> reporter: this afternoon neighbors are in disbelief after a 2-alarm house fire claimed the life of a grandmother believed to be in her 80s. >> she's not like mobile so she wouldn't be able to escape on her own. so that's really scary and sad that she was kind of helpless. >> reporter: cell phone video taken moments after the fire started around 7:30 this morning helps tell the story. one neighbor telling abc7 news off camera he was one of the first to call 911. >> the flames were very high. i was out in the backyard. i have a shed that was right up against the property line, and i was hosing it down. >> reporter: sky 7 was overhead as crews wrorkd orked to contai fire. three people were inside. two were found unconscious and

pulled out of the home by first responders, including the elderly woman pronounced dead at the scene, and a young girl who remains in critical condition at a local hospital. the third victim, a man in his 20s, awoke to the smell of smoke and escaped by jumping out of a window. >> when you get multiple calls, we know we have something of significance because we're getting different people that are calling about the same thing. so always call if you see it. >> reporter: there was no damage to surrounding homes. neighbors here with heavy hearts all thankful for the fire department's quick response. >> i just started praying for them immediately and making sure everybody else was okay. i called my husband right away and told him what was going on. >> reporter: and back here on green more drive, you can see the home behind me has been boarded up. the cause is under investigation. we're live in san jose this afternoon, i'm chris nguyen, abc7 news. >> chris, thank you. a house fire in san francisco's laurel heights neighborhood is under investigation. two people were rescued from that home on commonwealth avenue near euclid this morning. one went to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.

firefighters had that blaze under control within an hour. >> pacific gas & electric gave the media a tour today of its recently operated wildfire safety operations center. the utility opened the center in march of 2018 to monitor wildfire risks and coordinate its prevention and response efforts. the new features include a full-time staff of 15, employed 24 hours a day 7 days a week. another new feature is the 16-screen video wall which provides a bird's eye view of high-fire threat areas and enhanced real time data for experts tracking wildfire conditions. >> unwavering focus is on the safety of our communities and our customers. because they're not just our customers, they're our friends, our families, and our neighbors. >> pg&e filed for bankruptcy protection in january because it's facing billions of dollars in liabilities for wildfires in 2017 and 2018, including the

camp fire that killed 85 people and destroyed the town of paradise. >> future housing, building a better bay area for many means morehousing, but are we doing enough fast enough? clipper revolution, the end of the line for the paper tickets. will the plastic clipper cards really work for all riders? and shoreline mecca, the effort to bring a bit of the past back to san francisco's shoreline. we'll tell you what's changing. that's coming up. >> i'm spencer christian. this week is off to a rather warm start inland. a cooling trend is on the way. i'

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abc7 news is committed to building a better bay area, and part of that includes looking at the housing crisis. the need to build more homes has led to a lot of pressure on suburban towns. but as abc7 news anchor eric thomas discovered, some believe it shouldn't be up to them to solve the problem. >> the town of lafayette in contra costa county is a microcosm of what's happening all over the bay area. lafayette is a suburban oasis of mostly single-family homes with great schools, great restaurants, and very little affordable housing. >> the price is just way too high. i have a son, and a single mom. >> siri has worked at this lafayette restaurant for a dozen years. she used to live in town, but the rent got too high, so she moved to pittsburg. sometimes it takes her well over an hour to get home from work. she loves her job and her customers, but -- >> nobody knows how hard it is t g prices and food pricesdre tn

and rent and the commute and the time away from our family. >> there are an estimated 9400 jobs in lafayette, but state figures show only 700 of the w work in town actually live here. that's one reason developer dennis o'brien thinks it's the perfect place for an apartment complex. o'brien wants to build here on deer hill. you can see it from drone 7. it used to be a quarry, along highway 24, a mile and a half from a bart station. >> we filed the application 8 1/2 years ago. >> reporter: that application touched off a legal firestorm. lafayette was sued by both sides. one group that wanted to stop the development, and another that wanted to make it bigger. after years in court, the city reached a compromise to allow 44 new homes, but voters turned that down. so now the developer is reapplying for his original plan, 315 apartments about 60 of them set aside for low income

residents. >> we're building it under the sphe development, ity act, and demanding a new environmental review. >> it's the worst possible location, the busiest traffic, the most dangerous for supporting emergency situations, and it's a very high fire zone. >> reporter: the developer disputes all of that and says the continuing battle highlights the extreme challenge of building housing in the bay area. >> generally people that live in single-family homes are pretty much against having multi-family apartments nearby. >> reporter: newly released state numbers show just 3% of california cities and counties are building enough housing to meet their state-required goals. and former city manager steven falk says it's no surprise. >> city councilmembers are responding to the voters who live in their communities now, not to the voters who haven't moved there yet. >> reporter: the lafayette fight and similar proposals in other towns have led to a major

question facing california. fors to build housing? lawmakers are considering a range of bills to do that, but battle lines are being drawn and many bay area cities are expected to fight back. eric thomas, abc7 news. >> joining me now to take a closer look at the housing problem is the senior program manager of the equitable futures lab at the institute for the future. thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> so how do we solve this dilemma for making housing affordable? is it as simple as building more units? >> you know, that is definitely one of the solutions because we are in such a housing crunch and we don't have nearly enough housing units to house the people in california, and especially with job growth expanding, we're not building enough units to accommodate the new workers. that's only part of the puzzle, and one of the things that we look at at the inequitable futures lab is wealth inequality, and wealth inequality is at an all-time high and that's being mirrored

and exacerbated by the housing crisis. we need to think about the things that will allow people to build wealth, have better jobs, quality jobs that will allow them to be able to afford more housing. >> the bay area housing insanity when you look at what rents are in satisfy, a lot of that has been driven by the tech companies. is this basically san francisco or bay area or california problem or are we the exception when you look around the country? >> you know, i can't really speak to housing markets around the country, but the national low income housing coalition has a new report out called out of reach that shows how much you need to earn in every jurisdiction in order to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment. and it's nearly impossible on a minimum wage job anywhere to afford a two-bedroom apartment. in california, for example, you need to earn about $35 an hour. it's nearly double that in san francisco. so if you're working a minimum wage job, you need to work 116

hours a week to be able to afford a modest apartment. and that, again, is just unacceptable and is really -- we're really seeing the effects of generations of wealth inequality. >> so how do we rebalance that? that's not going to be an easy thing to do. you can't really work 116 hours for long and expect to survive. >> right. well, there are a number of things we can do. one, of course, is focus on jobs and on job quality. and so looking at ways to make sure that when people are getting jobs that they are -- that they have living wages, that they have benefits that they can take care of themselves and their families. another thing that we need to do which you touched on, the first question is build more housing and make it easier to build more housing and make it easier for people to build that house. cities have a number of things they can do to make the cost of capital available to developers, trust funds, low income housing tax credits or incentivizing building housing, more affordable housing in

high-development areas, areas that are attracting investment in like in opportunity zones. >> any hope for change in the near term? >> i think so. the fact that this is such a topic on the tip of everybody's tongues, whether you're on a street corner or bar in san francisco, or on the national debate stage as a presidential candidate, i think the fact that it's getting so much attention is really hopeful and there are really innovative programs like east bay permanent real estate cooperative that's working specifically with communities of color and with co-op models to take housing off the speculative market. there are programs like hamilton fmilies or the lotus campaign which are incentivizing landlords to rent to people who might otherwise be considered risky renters. so this is such a multi facetted issue and we're seeing a lot of new -- old and new organizations that are working on this from all these different angles and i think that has a lot of hope in it. >> we pretty much need everybody all-in to find solutions here. >> we do. >> thank you so much for coming in.

>> thanks so much. >> all right, and tomorrow 7 on your side is taking renters questions. we're going to have a hot line set up from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. to help you out on topics like landlords, security deposits, rent hikes and evictions. on wednesday we're going to host a hot line for homeowners. let's get to spencer and find out how our week is going to shape up weather wise. spencer. >> i can tell you, ama, it's going to be cooler week. we have high clouds now, the usual low clouds fog developing on the coast line. here's a look from emeryville, a rather interesting looking sky with a few clouds overhead. patches of blue. it's currently 69 degrees here in san francisco, 74 across the bay in oakland. we have 79 degrees in redwood city. 83 san jose, morgan hill 87. and 59 at half moon bay. er check out the fog hovering over the golden gate. it's looking a little dreary there. in the north bay 79 degrees in santa rosa, napa 76. petaluma 85. warmer in fairfield, 94.

concord 88 a, 90 at livermore. here's mount tam over the bay. you can see a mix of high clouds, fingers of low clouds pushing through the golden gate right now. these are ore four cast features. we'll see clouds and fog increasing overnight. a cooling trend will continue through the middle of the week. in fact, to the end of the week. we'll have a warmer pattern developing over the weekend. for tonight follow the forecast animation. you'll see low clouds and fog developing on the coast line pushing out locally over the bay. we'll continue to see high clouds passing over as well. it will be a little bit dreary tomorrow morning as the commute gets underway. it will look dreary. you may not be treer i or feel dreary. 8:00 tomorrow morning we'll see it getting a little bit brighter. later in the day even as the high clouds continue to pass by, we'll have a pretty bright day over our inland areas and over the bay. overnight lows will be mid 50s along the bay -- along the coast line i should say, around the bay we'll see upper 50s and about 60 in some inland east bai bay locations.

70s near the bay. 80s inland. antioch will top out at 80 tomorrow. wednesday we'll see some mid to upper 80s inland, but not many places will top out at 90. even fewer 90 degree readings will be found on thursday and friday. -- quite a bit of a cooling trend this time of year for early to mid august. over the weekend, ragtder, early next week we'll see warm up beginning. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. a cooler than average week ahead, but certainly a relatively pleasant one. not expecting any storms or any rain, but it will start to warm up a little bit on saturday. a little bit more on sunday with low 90s inland and we'll see mid 90s inland on monday. looks like the week will start off next week on a warmer note. >> we can live with 80s this week. >> absolutely, i'm fine with that. >> thank you, spencer. >> a vacant lot is about to turn into a beautiful lagoon. the plans in store for the presidio that will bring a bit of the past back to san

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crews are about to begin a renovation in san francisco that's been hidden more than a century. when it's finished it will reveal a land scape that will look like it did before europeans came to california. abc7 news anchor dan ashley with a look. >> reporter: they go through the tunnel without realizing they're flying over what will soon be one of the bay area's most spectacular landscapes. >> so, we are standing under the doyle drive, rebuilt doyle drive in an area we call porter master reach. be with th presidio trust. has from a semi industrial stretch of dirt and asphalt to a

shoreline mecca. >> when we restore chrissy field, within days there were fish in the marsh, there were birds using the marsh. >> reporter: now michael and a team assembled by the presidio trust is about to stitch a new scene into this stunning tapestry, connecting a network of hidden creeks, watersheds and natural wetlands that have been buried for more than a century. this drone view video shows you the area known as quarter master reach sandwiched between the presidio's interior and th chrissy field shoreline. the image on the left is what it looked like after the completion of the new doyle drive. and on the right, what the same area will look like when the new project is finished. a ribbon of spring-fed marsh and wetlands ultimately spilling into the bay. >> this is the spot where the freshwater comes into the saltwater of the bay. the really nice thing is the public will be able to walk right through it on a new board walk and trail. >> reporter: to make that vision happen, crews will excavate acres of watershed and route roe

undeea o b rdn th y.shsays it i extrem >> so we have geotechnical engineers, civil engineer, landscape architect, hydrologist, geo morphologist. >> reporter: nearby crews are adding new landscaping to the top of the doyle drive tunnels. in the coming months work will begin on quarter master reach. a transformation that will ultimately allow visitors to walk from the edge of pacific heights to the chrissy field shoreline along a watershed that looks much like it did a century ago. >> so as you look up here, you'll actually see a marsh with woodland all around it and the buildings will peek up out of the top. so you get this whole experience, it's like being in the high sierra and going all the way to the bay but it's just in the presidio. >> reporter: dan ashley, new ma to open to the public in the spring of next year. a major drop on wall street today also. >> the stocks really tanked. worst day of the year. we'll tell you what was behind

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>> announcer: now news to build a better bay area, from abc7 news. >> you are looking at i-team reporter dan noyes running the route taken by two bay area teens after an altercation with

italian police that left an officer dead. dan is investigating the investigation in rome. he has been posting updates on social media. now both defense teams are raising new questions about how police are handling the case. dan has the latest from rome. >> reporter: the defense team for finn elder, the young man suspected of stabbing an italian police officer to death, just filed a request to have him released early otherwise he could spend a year in this jail while prosecutors make a charging decision. i met the other bay area family involved, waived off reporters in rome saying please have some humanity and understand our sorrow. this is our first look on the left after he visited his 18-year-old son gabe. under italian law, gabe could be charged with a murder of an italian police officer even though prosecutors say it was his friend, 19-year-old finn elder, who stabbed to death officer mario rega while gabe fought off another officer at

this intersection july 26th. >> the public has an incomplete account of the true versions of the events. >> reporter: elder's father has returned from rome. he appeared before cameras saturday with his wife and daughter outside their san francisco home while their lawyer read a statement. >> it is said, however, the truth will set you free. we look forward to the truth coming out and to our son coming home. >> reporter: the defense criticizes the police for leaking just hours after the killing some surveillance videos of the teens' movement that night but not video of the fatal struggle. they would show it showed finn elder acting in self-defense. right at that intersection there are several businesses, the pizza and kabab shop doesn't have a surveillance camera. the one at the pharmacy at the scene of the fight is covered by a solid security door at night. there is one camera we should take a look at the bank across the street. i want to show it's herein side the lobby at the atm. take a look at the view. i'm holding my cell phone up. it has a clear angle of that

crosswalk where the fight occurred. in this news conference the commander said the bank surveillance camera was not working. news reporters spoke with the bank the day of the video. >> the video camera was working. >> reporter: the bank said that to your newspaper? >> yes. >> reporter: they confirmed they provided the video to police. no other witnesses to the killing of officer rega have come forward and i investigated what happened right after. remember, it was after 3:00 in the morning and less traffic than during the day. yoo i want to find out exactly how long it took the young men to leave where the officer was stabbed and get back to their hotel. now, clearly they're a lot faster than me, but here's our time. it took me 20 seconds to run the distance. at the hotel, police say elder and natale hid the knife in a

ceiling panel of room 109. today, i met an american couple who happened to be checking in the room above, number 209. you could definitely hide something up there. the defense teams for the young men are raising questions about that police operation that night. police say an intermediary for a drug dealer complained the boys ran away with his back pack after they gave money and didn't get cocaine. he called police and rega 1307bded wi1307b responded with his partner in street clothes. they say rega had forgotten his gun that night. there are four other units patrolling. why not have them come and do the arrest? >> we don't know. this is another unclear point. >> reporter: the defense questions whether the intermediary was a police informant who got special treatment with an under cover police response where relatively minor crime of stolen back pack. the commander denied it at this news conference last week. they also questioned why the

intermediary first told police they were north african and whether the knife wounds to his thighs was evidence he was choking finn elder from behind. could it be self-defense after all? police say officer rega suffered 11 stab wounds, the last one to his heart. the final autopsy report will be done later this week. for the i-team in rome, dan noyes, abc7 news. >> and you can follow dan on twitter to get the latest developments from italy. his handle is at dan noyes. we'll have his reports on abc7 news, abc7news.com, and the abc7 news app. >> all right, now to washington where the president offered a six-point plan to address the mass shooting crisis in this country. democratic lawmakers ska they want more reform on background checks and assault weapons. here's abc news reporter tara pa palmieri with more. >> our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. >> reporter: president trump condemning two mass shootings this weekend in texas and ohio, calling it domestic terrorism,

but blaming mental illness. >> mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun. >> reporter: and announcing a six-point plan. >> i am directing the department of justice to work in partnership with local, state and federal agencies as well as social media companies to develop tools that can detect mass shooters before they strike. >> reporter: but democrats are demanding more. calling on senate majority leader mcconnell to call members back from their summer recess to vote on a universal background check bill that already passed the house. >> senator mcconnell, lead or ge out of the way. call us back today. to the nation's capital. >> reporter: democratic senator richard blumenthal and senator lindsey graham agreed to introduce a bill for law enforcement to hire mental health professionals to assess threats. they reject that saying, quote,

research has shown only a very small percentage of violent acts are committed by people who are diagnosed with or in treatment for mental illness. senator ware entweet the, white supremacy is not a mental illness. the president angered democrats reform. >> that is a joke, a freaking joke. >> reporter: he made no mention of banning assault weapons used in dayton or el paso. in february, he threatened to veto two background check bills that passed in the house. tara palmieri, abc news, washington. >> and happening now at the state capital, governor gavin newsom is discussing the state efforts to address gun violence. >> the question we are all being presented with is what the hell do we do to meet this moment with resolve? how do we do it in a way that maintains the values of this state? >> police, state emergency leaders, education leaders and

community groups are also talking about ways to comprehensively deal with and try to prevent mass violence. the gilroy foundation has established a special fund for victims of the garlic festival. we have a link to donate to garlic festival and el paso and dayton. >> the man who sent pipe bombs,, cesar sayoc received a 20-year sentence for his guilty plea to sending explosives. he sent inoperative pipe bombs to 16 people last october, including former president obama, hillary clinton, as well as california senator kamala harris and billionaire tom steyer. now to a story about a break out. clovina de silva a.k.a. shorty, attempted to break out using this disguise. he hoped to convince guards he

was, in fact, his 19-year-old daughter heading home after visiting hours. look at that. she's now being investigated as are several other family members. >> this is bizarre. financial news now, major plunge on wall street today. worst of the year, in fact, stocks dropped 3% as china counters president trump's tariffs with cheaper currency. technology companies and banks bore the brunt of the sell off. china let its currency drop to its lowest level against the dollar in more than a decade. that was a move the president called currency manipulation. >> it's the beginning of the end for bart paper tickets. the clipper card replacement plan in effect at one bart station and what it means for people who only ride the trains once in a while. >> i'm spencer christian. high clouds are passing over the bay area right now along with low clouds developing at the coast. what does that mean? i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up in just a

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it's the beginning of the end for paper tickets on bart. >> it's starting today. a pilot program kicked off to force you to pay with a clipper card. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has the story. >> reporter: out with the old. workers installed new ticket machines this morning at the 19th street bart station in oakland. starting today you will no longer be able to buy paper tickets. only clipper cards. >> we're doing it because clipper card has been identified

and prioritized as the all in one transit card for the region. so we want to move forward technologically. this is what many transit agencies across the country and really around the world are already doing. >> reporter: bart had extra employees on hand to answer questions, explain the new system, and to hand out clipper cards. one rieder was worried about losing a clipper card with a lot of money on it and was relieved to learn this is safer than a paper ticket. >> at least with the clipper card you can sign up online, so if it's over a certain amount you can report the loss, whereas with the paper card, if it's gone, it's gone. >> reporter: you can still use your paper tickets to get through the fare gates. but you just can't buy them any more here at the 19th street station. you can only buy clipper cards. >> efficiency wise, we think it's going to be a big improvement because the paper tickets can jamb our fare gates, that means more maintenance time, longer lines, fewer options for people to get in and out of the system. >> reporter: 86% of riders use clipper cards. it's the other 14% they want to

convert. >> it's convenient. >> reporter: the next stations to convert to clipper cards will be embarcadero, powell, and berkeley. all stations will make the switch by next year. in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> and abc7 news reporter laura anthony is live at the oakland international airport bart station with a look at what this conversion actually means for the casual commuter who only rides bart once in a while. laura. >> reporter: hi, ama. like the folks behind me who have just arrived here at the airport, we know that the vast majority of regular bart riders already have a clipper card. but what about those who only visit for a few days? say the tourist. well, getting rid of these paper tickets be good for them? it's one thing to fork over $3 for a clipper card if one is a regular bart rieder. but what about those who only ride occasionally? like tourists, just visiting for a short time? or the local who only uses bart

a few times a year to get to the ballpark? by next year, all of them will also have to buy a clipper card. but bart reminds folks it's still worth it even for a short stay. as it is, paper tickets come a tr. even cpp bart. the clipper card can also be used for buses, ferries and other mass transit option in the bay area. >> it's so much easier than keep buying tickets. it goes a long way. >> reporter: bart admits it may be confusing for a time, but expects most people will get on board in no time. >> i imagine if someone is just landing from, you know, a different place or a different town, it could be kind of confusing like it's not clear if they buy one at the stand or whatever. i think if the people are assigned to explain how to do it, it can probably work.

>> reporter: now, bart has some advice for folks coming to town who may not be regular users of the bart system. they can cut costs by pre-registering for those clipper cards because children and seniors get deep discounts on those cards. that is, if they preregister before they get here. live at the oakland airport, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> laura, thank you. you know, the guy who is in a rush to get to the airport and then is in a rush at the bart station and trying to punch in, what is it, walnut correct to -- that's me. this is going to be a challenge the next time. buy the card beforehand. >> get it. be on top of t. >> yes. >> let's get to spencer christian now, he's on top of the weather and what's coming for the weekend. >> literally on top of the weather. look at this live doppler 7. we have the usual low clouds developing on the coast line. high clouds passing over as well. it's going to be quite cloudy during the overnight hours. overnight 50s at the coast, over

the inland east bay mild with lows around 60, 62 degrees. tomorrow look for passing high clouds. we'll call it mostly sunny over the bay and inland. the clouds will linger there. highs low 60s on the bay shoreline. inland not quite so warm as today. mid to upper 80s. antioch may top out at 90 degrees. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. it's going to be a cooler week than average for this time of year, for early august. so high temperatures will be mainly in the mid-'80s inland for much of the week and mid 70s around the bay, even low 70s in some spots, 60 on the coast. then it starts to warm up slightly on saturday and sunday. a bigger bump in the temperatures next monday as high temperatures bounce to the mid 90s inland. pretty cool week. i think it's kind of pleasant. >> nice. thanks, spencer. >> all right. a piece of san francisco's music history closing its doors after more than 40 years. what's behind this latest move.

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business. the signs are already up outside haight/ashbury music center. everything must go. the store is known for quality instruments and equipment. it has attracted amateur players as well as music super stars like carlos santana, billy garcia and billy joel. skyrocketing rent and the internet have made it impossible for him to stay open. >> it's kind of hard to fight the giant like amazon that is eating everybody up. you order right now, at the lowest price you could ever get it and you can get it today by 4:00. great, but, you know what -- >> reporter: how can you compete? >> exactly, it's hard. >> he says he feels bad for his employees, some of whom have been with him 25 years and are like family to him. the store liquidation sale begins thursday. it will close for good once everything is gone. >> that's rough. hard for small mom and pop stores to stay in business these days. the american dream of owning a home, taking a back seat for many millennials. >> 7 on your side michael finney

has details on that. michael. archie we all know homes are expensive. here are the specific factors, keeping millennials out of the home buying market. the american dream delayed. data from the urban institute shows millennials are waiting to become homeowners. >> to a lot of people when they see a home, what they see is debt. there's a mortgage, i owe money i'm going to be paying 30 years. >> the data shows several factors holding millennials back. waiting to get married and having kids as well as student debt. experts say buying a home can be a worthwhile investment. >> when you buy a rental property, and the rent goes up every year, you get to a point where you're making more in rent than it costs and you have extra cash flow that you can use to payoff your student debt faster. >> david green says for those millennials looking to buy, the first step is to talk to a lender and get pre-approved for a loan. next, broaden your perspective. and don't let the price tag of a home deter you from a life-changing investment.

>> i'm sure their parents had the very same fears millennials today have. but look at what happened after 30 years of inflation. real estate is an inyebl investment when you hold it over the long term. >> green says focus on saving. green says a lot of times buying real estate may force you to live within your budget, which is great for personal finances and actually starts a healthy habit going forward. now, tomorrow on 7 on your side, i'll be taking questions along with a bunch of experts for our renters hot line. we are set up between 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. to take you and take your questions and look at topics like landlords, security deposits, rent hikes and evictions. on wednesday we'll host a hot line for homeowners. that's tomorrow and wednesday. >> good info. thank you, michael. >> mcdonald's left little egg mcmuffin on its face in its effort to go green in the u foo admitted the paper straws it introduced into its british outlets as environmentally

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tonight in primetime on abc7 news, 8:00 it's bachelor in paradise followed by grand hotel and then stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00. identical twins are known for sharing pretty much everything. here in san francisco, for one twin, that even means a breast cancer diagnosis. just three weeks after her sister was diagnosed, 35-year-old olympic silver medallist hannah thompson was as well. here's abc7 news reporter liz kreutz. >> reporter: like so many twins, hannah thompson and metta sea burg grew up everything together. >> we were more or less attached at the hip.

>> reporter: in 2008 when hannah won silver medal for fencing at the beijing olympics, she was the loudest person cheering her sister on. >> there were thousands of people there. >> reporter: now at 35, hannah lives in san francisco and metta in kansas city. they are more connected than ever. >> we are identical twins which is pretty much as close as you can get to being a clone without being a clone. >> she's right-handed, i'm left-handed. she has the mass on her left side, i have it on my right side. >> reporter: they were recently diagnosed with breast cancer. their dual diagnoses came within two weeks of each other. >> to say it's a one-two punch is an understatement. >> reporter: they have the gene mutation which gives them 70% chance of getting breast cancer in their lifetime. dr. pamela muenster is a leading oncologist at ucsf that specializes in breast cancer.

she says it's not uncommon for twins to get cancer diagnoses. the timing was unique. >> one twin was lucky to have another twin. one of the twins who got diagnosed can now tell the other one to get tested and hopefully by that we could detect that tumor much sooner. >> reporter: hannah and metta have seen outpouring of support from friends, family and their fencing community. but more than anything, like always, they have each other. >> there's no other person i'd rather be going through it with than my twin sister. this is such a bizarre turn of events. there's really no way to describe it. >> reporter: liz kreutz, abc7 news. >> hannah and metta said they wanted to share their story to bring awareness to the brocka mutation and how successful it is for women to test for it. dr. muenster is currently leading a research project at ucsf that offers a free test to women of jewish descent living in the bay area.

thanks for joining us at abc7 news at 4:00. i'm larry beil. abc7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> we mustate afrhe deadly shoo bay area tech firms are tangled up in some controversial pipelines. >> plus lessons from gilroy. how do we talk to kids about safety and shootings? >> the call for action over gun violence happening now, a show of force at the capital. >> also ahead, moving out in order to move up. how frustration turned into financial gold for one bay area woman. >> and the job fair for people who already had a career. >> translator: now news to build a better bay area, from abc7. >> we'll begin tonight with the battle over extremist content and the jockeying among two bay area tech firms to keep it off line. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. in the middle of this debate is 8chan, a controversial online message board where people posted hateful material before carrying out violent and deadly

attacks like what happened in el paso this weekend. >> and surrounding it two local firms, cloud flare and voxility which abandoned 8chan in the wake of the shooting. abc7 news reporter wayne freedman has more on internet service firm. >> reporter: you never paid too much attention to cloud flare on townsend street in san francisco. today it has become ground zero in a debate about internet freedom. >> we don't actually see this very often. >> reporter: that's david green of the electronic frontier foundation discussing how cloud flare pulled the plug on the controversial message board 8chan where the el paso shooter posted a racist manifesto just before going on his rampage. but there is an ethic involved. >> what we want to make sure is that companies when they are making these decisions are doing them really, really carefully and with due consideration for free speech rights. >> reporter: companies like cloud flare serve as